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ANDRE OBEY (1892 - 1975) |
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Nationality: French Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Andre Obey was a prominent French playwright during the inter-war years, and into the 1950s. Born in 1892 at Douai, France, he began as a novelist and produced an autobiographical novel about his adolescence, le Joueur de triangle (The Triangle Player). After his meeting with Jacques Copeau, he devoted himself completely to dramatic works. In October 1945 Obey became provisional general administrator of the Comedie-Française. He was made full general administrator in April 1946, and resigned in February 1947 after just under a year's service. Obey's play Le Viol de Lucrece ? presented on Broadway in 1932 in a translation by Thornton Wilder, whose first Broadway production it was ? was drawn on by Ronald Duncan for the libretto of Benjamin Britten's opera The Rape of Lucretia. He died in April 1975 at Montsoreau, near the Loire River).
Adaptation / Translations of Plays by Andre Obey
Frost At Midnight | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1960 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #35141 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Andre Obey. Original title: "Les Trois Coups de Minuit" | |||||
Synopsis: | Period 1499, a group of men meet to rehearse their Christmas Mystery Play but problems deprive them of their audience and fellow cast members | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lucrece | ||
| 1st Produced: | Belasco Theatre, New York | 20 Dec 1932 | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Boston: Houghton Nifflin 1933 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #133249 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Andre Obey. Original title "Le Viol De Lucrece" | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Noah | ||
| 1st Produced: | Longacre Theatre, New York | 13 Feb 1935 | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #37537 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | 8 extras | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Andre Obey | |||||
Synopsis: | Noah becomes the story of a kindly simple old man who grows lonely in his faith as the youngsters desert as soon as land is reached | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sacrifice To the Wind | ||
| 1st Produced: | Arts Theatre, London | 09 Mar 1955 | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays for Radio and Television", Longman, London, 1959 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #37020 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Andre Obey; televised 1954; original performed Comedie Francais, Paris | |||||
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Further Reference: | Wearing 55.46 | |||||
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Wife With A Smile,The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Garrick Theatre, New York | 28 Nov 1921 | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #133248 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Andre Obey | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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